Your work is consistently of the highest quality Georg. You have the benefit of being a working pro, which means you're using your camera a great deal in circumstances few of us encounter regularly. That you love MF lenses is like frosting on the cake. I always enjoy what you bring to the board. It is invariably inspiring.

I think I'd better post a photo, lest people think I gave up on photography...

Sue and I drove out to Limantour Beach on Drake's Bay on what was a perfect day for a walk in the beach. Here are are a few shots. The first was taken with the 35 f/1.4 AI-s. The second with the 180 f/2.8 AI-s. Both were converted to BW in Lightroom 4.

Here is a wide panorama of the beach taken with the 85 f/1.4 AI-s.

And this is one of my favorites from the day... kids were having a delightful time playing at the edge of the water. In this case mom was trying to capture her daughter try to dodge the water. I shot this with the 180 f/2.8 AI-s. As Dean mentioned, trying to capture fast moving subjects with an MF lens is definitely a challenge. I tossed away quite a few images...

In answer to the "is it posed" question, the answer is largely yes. She is a model but of course we couldn't talk clearly through a Rolls Royce window so I gave her some idea of the feeling I wanted and we shot a range of poses. Here's another ...

In answer to the "is it posed" question, the answer is largely yes. She is a model but of course we couldn't talk clearly through a Rolls Royce window so I gave her some idea of the feeling I wanted and we shot a range of poses. Here's another ...

Another excellent shot. I think you need to tell us a bit more about yourself Ian. Most of us at one time or another have introduced ourselves more fully. As a matter of fact, I believe Monty has collected those comments, though I'm not exactly sure how to access them. The fact that you're using a model for some of your shooting suggests you have a bit more than the casual amateurs' approach to photography. We know that Georg and Matt are both pros, as is James Markus. We know Leighton has a farm in the Shenandoah Valley, that Alan is a teacher in Texas, that John has a consulting business in Seattle... If you'd care to introduce yourself more fully, it would be welcomed. And please don't tell your daughter about my faux pas...

By the way, this is a photo of Leo that I thought looks like your daughter...

CGrindahl wrote:
I think I'd better post a photo, lest people think I gave up on photography...

Sue and I drove out to Limantour Beach on Drake's Bay on what was a perfect day for a walk in the beach. Here are are a few shots. The first was taken with the 35 f/1.4 AI-s. The second with the 180 f/2.8 AI-s. Both were converted to BW in Lightroom 4.

And this is one of my favorites from the day... kids were having a delightful time playing at the edge of the water. In this case mom was trying to capture her daughter try to dodge the water. I shot this with the 180 f/2.8 AI-s. As Dean mentioned, trying to capture fast moving subjects with an MF lens is definitely a challenge. I tossed away quite a few images...

Great photos Curtis, Love the last one, brilliant timing. In your first 3 shots there is somone in each pic pointing out to the ocean - leaves me with a feeling that we (the viewers) are missing something.

In answer to the "is it posed" question, the answer is largely yes. She is a model but of course we couldn't talk clearly through a Rolls Royce window so I gave her some idea of the feeling I wanted and we shot a range of poses. Here's another ...

Rinie Hoff wrote:
Curtis can buy mine, for a song. He bought it for me in the first place and used it for a couple of months before it was handed over to me (by a colleague)

Curtis, are you listening

Leighton and Ben, to tell you the truth, I don't think Curtis will buy a DX camera, not even when Ben tries to persuade him....

Leighton, Rinie .....stop.... .... I'm not urging anyone to buy anything.
I bought it out of curiosity. But Curtis can't buy any cams - have you seen how many lenses he's bought lately? He posted the pic of the 50 f2HC just a few pages back.

This is in front of Webex. I (we) will not be voting here. Webex is located in the City of Neenah, about 15 miles north of Oshkosh. As you know, I live in Oshkosh and will be voting this afternoon. Hopefully the right man will win!

Monty & Nikki
Nikki and I are planing on voting a few times today Nikki and I are planing on voting a few times today

She can not vote! she is a foreigner you will get arrested. Don't try it. It's not worth the risk!

Well the twins arrived today from Florida. While you all were sound asleep I was busy keeping my eye on the buy and sell. Only Curtis spotted them but way after the fact. Well at least I saved you all some money!

Curtis, thank you for your kind words and for creating (and "nursing", I hope that's the proper term) this thread!
It's really great to see the wide variety of pictures taken all over the world with classic MF-Nikkors. It's a lovely place to share thoughts about and experiences with, pictures of and taken with MF-Nikkors. I really like the tone here - friendly and helpful, not the name-calling and bashing that seems to be usual today.
Thank you, Georg.